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Absquatulate
[ab-skwoch-uh-leyt]
-verb (used without object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing. Slang.
to flee; abscond: The old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel.
To depart in a hurry; abscond: "Your horse has absquatulated!" (Robert M. Bird).
To die.
To argue.
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond]
Origin: 1820-30; pseudo-Latinism, from ab-, squat, and -ulate
[ab-skwoch-uh-leyt]
-verb (used without object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing. Slang.
to flee; abscond: The old prospector absquatulated with our picks and shovel.
To depart in a hurry; abscond: "Your horse has absquatulated!" (Robert M. Bird).
To die.
To argue.
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond]
Origin: 1820-30; pseudo-Latinism, from ab-, squat, and -ulate